Common Verbs

Most verbs are monosyllabic and disyllabic except compound verbs i.e verbs derived from the combination of two verbs or a verb and a noun.

All verbs begin with consonants.

1. Sleep    weshẹshi, guẹ
2. Wake up.  vu [owesẹ] le, ki ogue
3. Share - kemi, kẹ
4. Eat.   le
5. Drink   da (variations - wa, ya)
6. Laugh.  gia, giẹ
7. Sing.   tuwolo (to uwolo)
8. Dance    gbishimi (gbe ishimi)
9. Want /look for.   nono, kele
10. Try.  dua / nyakua
11. Plan.   masẹ
12. Open.  guege
13. Close.  kuku, koko, guese
14. Come -   bale (var - bẹ, vare, bade, lare)
15. Go.   vu
16. Run.  na
17. Cover.   guese
18. See.  mẹ (var - miẹ)
19. Look.   ge (var - gue)
20. Watch.  fẹ
21. Buy.  dẹ[nọ]
22. Sell.   rọ dẹ, duo
23. Check.  Bino
24. Think.  Sa
25. Collect.  Nyie (var - mie)
26. Give.  Rọ na
27. Call.  Nyalu, wegie, guele
28. Answer.   Yemi/ sọ wọ
29. Know.  Yẹsẹ
30. Nyẹsẹ.  To lower
31. Yasẹ. To lift up
32. Fula - to turn inside out
33. Nyagọ a . To be torn to shreds
34. Saka ku. To bẹ scattered about
35. Soku.  To feel. To sense
36. Touch.  R'obọ chi
37. Sit.  Shitọ, gietọ, detọ
38. Stand.  Vu le, kpa otọ
39. Drive (q vehicle) - nya, gua
40. Pursue - Ku
41. Be - kila (var - kia, ki)
42. Wear.  Rọ sọ / gbanọ
43. Carry - rue
44. Write.   Kẹkẹ
45. Disturb.  Kpakpa (var - kpọkpọ)
46. Tell.  Gu na / gu kasẹ / guasẹ
47. Forget.   Yele a ( var - yeya)
48. Remember.  Sa to wọ
49. Remind.  Yele le 
50. Chat.  Neta
51. Leave.  Dobẹ, ze obọ
52. Bathe.  Kuẹ-a (var - kuẹya)
53. Bathe (s.o else).  kuẹsẹ a
54. Work    gbe akanya
55. Rest.   Yẹmẹ a
56. Breathe.   Yẹmẹ
57. Break - guọgọ, shasha, tala, gbe ki
58. Show.  Rọ kasẹ
59. Check - bino
60. Look - ge, gue
61. Watch- fẹ, ro
62. Pay - fali, fẹ
63. Pluck - fanọ
64. Nasẹ - pack
65. Pretend - fami
66. Hide.  Gbagba
67. Lift - tua, du
68. Beat, hit- gbe
69. Kill - gbe-a
70. Call - nyalu, wegie, guele
71. Reveal.  Rọ lase
72. Teach/learn.   Wẹna
73. Walk.  Khia
74. To muga.  Stand still
75. Stand - muga (var - miza, muza, mija, mudia)
76. De viga.  Squat
77. De fia. Fall off
78. De shitọ. Sit down
79. Digua.  To kneel down
80. Dọmi. To threaten
81. Dami.  To test. To try.
82. Fo.  To end
83. Fall down.  De
84. Wala.  Charge (as in electronic devices). To come on. To boil.
85. Quarrel - wola, rolo
86. Imagine - roro
87. Pack - wolọ
88. Fetch - jẹ, walọ
89. Count - lolo, kalọ
90. Read - zẹ
91. Sigh - ku ayẹmẹ
92. Calm down - ku egbe
93. Relax - shukpe
94. Follow - rọkali, rẹka
95. Bleed - Ku ọlia
96. Sweat - ku efọse
97. Chat - neta
98. Talk - mhe, mẹ, ta
99. Confess - tanọ
100. Testify - mẹ tanọ
101. Live - nyele
102. Cry - viẹ
103. Give birth - via
104. Throw away - tua fia, du fia
105. Pour away - ku kua
106. Put on - rọ ru
107. Put off - fuse, funo
108. Cut - ki
109. Khọlo - crawl
110. Tuela - line up
111. Tuama - to be in a hurry
112. Kpẹmi - thank
113. Khọkhọ kasẹ - describe
114. Kọkọ - to stare
115. Lolo kasẹ - explain
116. Tisha - sneeze
117. Nẹ - defecate
118. Nitọ - defecate
119. Nefu - fart
120. Danọ - treat
121. Dọmi - threaten
122. Suọ - hear
123. Khọli, kuẹ - fighting
124. Fiala - Fly
125. Kpe - wash
126. Kpege a - rinse
127. Kpẹgiẹ - to loosen (as in a nut)
128. Tagiẹ - to loosen (as in a rope)
129. Gbagia - to digest, to come apart (as in fabric)
130. Gbasẹ - begin (var - gbale)
131. Chiki - to shake slightly
132. Jigi - to shake heavily
133. Type, tap - tonabọ (tono abọ)
134. Fiele - to appear
135. Yakhọ le - to leave
136. Kpele - to play (an instrument), to shiver
137. Kpela - to give off a sweet aroma
138. Toa - to become burnt
139. Tosẹ-a - to burn
140. Fiono - to clear (as in grass)